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When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas…
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When a white man in Africa by accident looks into the eyes of a native and sees the human being (which it…
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She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every day more…
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A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love.
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Oh cat, I'd say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat with paws…
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The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look…
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Intelligence forbids tears.
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And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a…
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By the time I finish with the two of you, you will be begging me to let you die. (Desiderius) Desi dearest,…
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Sometimes I Dont Know Why I B0thered To Love When I Know For A Fact That It Will Always Be The Same…
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God, if ever I have come close to wanting to commit suicide, it is now, with the groggy sleepless blood dragging through…
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Even her hair, she thought, running her fingers impatiently through the damp golden brown ringlets that curled romantically around her face. A…
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In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of…
— George Orwell
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We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told…
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Praying is begging for an unseen deity to alter the laws of nature for someone admittedly unworthy.
— George Carlin
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How long will you keep pounding on an open door Begging for someone to open it?
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